Sergei Dovlatov is one of the most popular and widely read Russian writers of the late 20th – early 21st centuries. His stories, short stories, and notebooks have been translated into many languages, filmed, and studied in schools and universities. Dovlatov’s amazingly funny and at the same time piercingly sad prose has long become a classic and, like almost any classic, “torn into proverbs and sayings.” Everything written by Dovlatov is divided into two equal halves: written “here” in Russia, and written “there” in America. This edition includes works written in Russia: the story “Reserve”, stories from the collection “Demarche of Enthusiasts”, stories from the 1960s - 1970s, two sentimental stories and notebooks “Solo on the Underwood”.